found a 1955 competition movie, with Harasiewicz, Ashkenazy and Fou. They look so different now.

i read the posting on facebook and i can concur with previous posters who said it's "5 masterclasses in 2.5 years" as opposed to "having taught her for 2.5 years". fuh said "he's amazed by her progress every time he meets her".

the original report:

http://news.chinatimes.com/reading/0,5251,51301678x112010102800415,00.html

it's a pretty poorly worded article. i can see why "for 2.5 years" would show up in a translation, because this was said:

"fuh started teaching aveeda 2.5 years ago"

oh well. in my experience reading chinese, hong kong and taiwanese reports, precision of the reports is frequently lost. sometimes, the accuracy is so bad i wonder if they just make things up. in translated pieces from say AP or Reuters, there are often inaccuracies. i didn't quite understand why until my uncle actually started translating articles into chinese for a newspaper and had to frequently ask me what things mean.

either way, kind of like the obama $200 million a day trip to india claim. or many instances of journalists taking some random guy's tweet and running with it. professionalism has been lost for the sake of immediacy in this age of internet news reporting. which is in no way a bad thing, it's just that the reader has to do a bit of the filtering journalists used to do.

I'm reviving this old thread to share the following :

A friend of mine and her husband spent several days at the International Chopin Competition this year, and have returned with the following gift for me from the competition :

Two CDs from Stage 2, featuring performances of Avdeeva (Russia), Koziak (Poland), Wunder (Austria), Tyson (US).
Two CDs from Stage 3, featuring performances of Bozhanov (Bulgaria), Gillham (Australia), Armellini (Italy), Wakarecy (Poland)

and four issues of Chopin Express from October 13, 14, 15, and 17.

Interesting reading and listening ahead.

Regards,

Wow! Lucky you!

VERY LUCKY!!!